Peter paradis and robert reillt



PARADlsa. REILLY.

Stove-Top Plate.

No. 65,421. Patented June 4, 1867.

@gleitet tatns atent @time PETER PARADIS AND ROBERT RElLLY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 65,421, dated Jane 4, 1867. I

CENTRE PLATE FOR STOVE TOPS.

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that we, PETER PARAMS und ltonnn'r REILLY, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the construction of the Centre Plates of Cooking Stovesf and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view or plan ot' our invention.

Figure 2 is an inverted view ofthe same, with a portion of the lining7 g, ofthe long,r centre broken away.

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the short centre plate B, with its lining g, through the plane of the red line n in figs." 1 and 2.

Like letters indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This Ainventionfconsists in dividing the centre plates of stove tops, and so connecting the parts that any desired amount of expansion and cohtraction is permitted without preducinr any strain upon the said top plates.

'lo enable others to make and use our invention, we will describe its construction.

We make the centre plates B and 1) about in the usual manner, and provide them with a lining, g, if desired: We divide the plates E and D at a., as shown in iig. 1, and provide one half of each with a projecting lug, fitted to slide in a recess in the opposite half, as indicated by the dotted lines I) in figs. 1 and 2f flhc two parts may be connected together by inserting a rivet through a short slot formed in the shank or lug f, and into the centre plate, except when the lining plates r/ are employed, in which ease the parts are securely attached together by the rivets r, the lining plate also being slotted to receive the rivets. 1t will be seen that by either of these arrangements the halt` plates may readily be extended or contracted, and yet the parts retain their relative position otherwise. lhey long and short plates D and D are cast with suitable studs or pins z', fig. 2, and the stove top cast with corresponding holes to receive them. There arc similar holes, c, made in the long centre plate to receive the pins of the inner end of the short plates, andwhcn the stove is mounted the centre plates are extended, leaving the joints open, as shown in iig. 1. Then, when the metal is expanded by the heat, the joint gradually becomes closed, and without producing any strain upon any portion of the castings. The ordinary supporting stud may be cast upon the lining of the long centre plate.

It is believed that this change in the construction of this portion of stove plates will wholly avoid the great liability of breakage of the top plate, and of the warping of the centre plates, one or thc other oi' which is almost sure to occur with the ordinary construction.

Whatwe claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Dividing the centre plates of cooking-stove tops transversely through the narrow portion, and connecting them by loose or sliding joints, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein shown und described.

` PETER rumors, ROBERT REILLY.

Witnesses:

W. S. LoUGnEonoUGn, A. II. BrLLINos. 

